Consider a scenario where you are designing a graphics system that includes different types of shapes (e.g., Circle, Rectangle). How would you decide between using an abstract class and an interface for defining common methods?

  • Use a concrete class and use inheritance to define common methods, as concrete classes can directly provide method implementations.
  • Use an abstract class with a base shape class and common methods, as abstract classes can provide both method implementations and fields.
  • Use an interface to define common methods, as interfaces allow for multiple inheritance and can be implemented by different shape classes.
  • Use both an abstract class and an interface, combining the advantages of both.
In this scenario, using an abstract class is appropriate because you can define common methods with default implementations in the base shape class. This provides code reusability and allows shape classes to inherit these methods. Interfaces can also be used, but they don't provide method implementations, making abstract classes a more suitable choice for this use case.
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